This is a photograph of the Briscoe Lane Primary School’s girls netball team, managed by Mrs Cubitt and taken in the school hall. Note the parquet flooring and the Mitre ball, the world’s oldest manufacturer of footballs and commonly found in many schools for decades.

This was also the season the future QPR legend Stan Bowles made his debut for Manchester City , showing great early promise on the pitch. Sadly for City fans this was cut short, often overshadowed by the dramas off it and which subsequently resulting him being sacked by the club.

Maine Road was demolished in 2004, after more than 80 years of football history and having been host to arguably Manchester City’s greatest teams and had become very much the focus for the localcommunity.

Maine Roadbecame an housing development calledThe Maine Place, with both projects very much trading on the legacy of the respective clubs. See which development you prefer and why.

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